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1 git-daemon(1)
2 =============
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories
8 SYNOPSIS
9 --------
10 [verse]
11 'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all]
12 [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths]
13 [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path]
14 [--interpolated-path=pathtemplate]
15 [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file]
16 [--enable=service] [--disable=service]
17 [--allow-override=service] [--forbid-override=service]
18 [--inetd | [--listen=host_or_ipaddr] [--port=n] [--user=user [--group=group]]
19 [directory...]
21 DESCRIPTION
22 -----------
23 A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT"
24 aka 9418. It waits for a connection asking for a service, and will serve
25 that service if it is enabled.
27 It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and
28 it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked
29 for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you
30 pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict
31 the offers to a whitelist comprising of those.
33 By default, only `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves
34 `git-fetch-pack` and `git-peek-remote` clients that are invoked
35 from `git-fetch`, `git-ls-remote`, and `git-clone`.
37 This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from
38 git repositories.
40 OPTIONS
41 -------
42 --strict-paths::
43 Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is
44 "/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths.
45 git-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
46 whitelist is specified.
48 --base-path::
49 Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path.
50 This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run git-daemon with
51 '--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull
52 'git://example.com/hello.git', `git-daemon` will interpret the path
53 as '/srv/git/hello.git'.
55 --interpolated-path=pathtemplate::
56 To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be
57 used to dynamically construct alternate paths. The template
58 supports %H for the target hostname as supplied by the client but
59 converted to all lowercase, %CH for the canonical hostname,
60 %IP for the server's IP address, %P for the port number,
61 and %D for the absolute path of the named repository.
62 After interpolation, the path is validated against the directory
63 whitelist.
65 --export-all::
66 Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories
67 (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they
68 do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file.
70 --inetd::
71 Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog.
72 Incompatible with --port, --listen, --user and --group options.
74 --listen=host_or_ipaddr::
75 Listen on an a specific IP address or hostname. IP addresses can
76 be either an IPv4 address or an IPV6 address if supported. If IPv6
77 is not supported, then --listen=hostname is also not supported and
78 --listen must be given an IPv4 address.
79 Incompatible with '--inetd' option.
81 --port=n::
82 Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with '--inetd' option.
84 --init-timeout::
85 Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the
86 client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
87 that should be basically immediate).
89 --timeout::
90 Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time
91 it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent
92 waiting for next client's request.
94 --syslog::
95 Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply
96 --verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
98 --user-path, --user-path=path::
99 Allow ~user notation to be used in requests. When
100 specified with no parameter, requests to
101 git://host/~alice/foo is taken as a request to access
102 'foo' repository in the home directory of user `alice`.
103 If `--user-path=path` is specified, the same request is
104 taken as a request to access `path/foo` repository in
105 the home directory of user `alice`.
107 --verbose::
108 Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
110 --reuseaddr::
111 Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket.
112 This allows the server to restart without waiting for
113 old connections to time out.
115 --detach::
116 Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog.
118 --pid-file=file::
119 Save the process id in 'file'.
121 --user=user, --group=group::
122 Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop.
123 When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the
124 primary group ID for the user is used. The values of
125 the option are given to `getpwnam(3)` and `getgrnam(3)`
126 and numeric IDs are not supported.
127 +
128 Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use
129 the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
130 `git-daemon` if needed.
132 --enable-service, --disable-service::
133 Enable/disable the service site-wide per default. Note
134 that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled
135 per repository if it is marked overridable and the
136 repository enables the service with an configuration
137 item.
139 --allow-override, --forbid-override::
140 Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per
141 repository configuration. By default, all the services
142 are overridable.
144 <directory>::
145 A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
146 --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories
147 of each named directory.
149 SERVICES
150 --------
152 upload-pack::
153 This serves `git-fetch-pack` and `git-peek-remote`
154 clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can
155 disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration
156 item to `false`.
158 EXAMPLES
159 --------
160 git-daemon as inetd server::
161 To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles any
162 repository under the whitelisted set of directories, /pub/foo
163 and /pub/bar, place an entry like the following into
164 /etc/inetd all on one line:
165 +
166 ------------------------------------------------
167 git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon
168 git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
169 /pub/foo /pub/bar
170 ------------------------------------------------
173 git-daemon as inetd server for virtual hosts::
174 To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles
175 repositories for different virtual hosts, `www.example.com`
176 and `www.example.org`, place an entry like the following into
177 `/etc/inetd` all on one line:
178 +
179 ------------------------------------------------
180 git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon
181 git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
182 --interpolated-path=/pub/%H%D
183 /pub/www.example.org/software
184 /pub/www.example.com/software
185 /software
186 ------------------------------------------------
187 +
188 In this example, the root-level directory `/pub` will contain
189 a subdirectory for each virtual host name supported.
190 Further, both hosts advertise repositories simply as
191 `git://www.example.com/software/repo.git`. For pre-1.4.0
192 clients, a symlink from `/software` into the appropriate
193 default repository could be made as well.
196 git-daemon as regular daemon for virtual hosts::
197 To set up `git-daemon` as a regular, non-inetd service that
198 handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on
199 their IP addresses, start the daemon like this:
200 +
201 ------------------------------------------------
202 git-daemon --verbose --export-all
203 --interpolated-path=/pub/%IP/%D
204 /pub/192.168.1.200/software
205 /pub/10.10.220.23/software
206 ------------------------------------------------
207 +
208 In this example, the root-level directory `/pub` will contain
209 a subdirectory for each virtual host IP address supported.
210 Repositories can still be accessed by hostname though, assuming
211 they correspond to these IP addresses.
214 Author
215 ------
216 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
217 <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>
219 Documentation
220 --------------
221 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
223 GIT
224 ---
225 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite